Tom Schlichter
Tom Schlichter is an award-winning author and photographer whose byline has appeared in a wide array of prestigious outdoors venues including Salt Water Sportsman, On The Water, Boating and The Fisherman Magazine. The outdoors columnist for Newsday, Tom lectures frequently on both freshwater and saltwater fishing, and contributes regularly to a variety of outdoor websites, radio and television shows. His latest book, Long Island’s Best Freshwater Fishing, is available online at outdoortom.com.
Seals Blamed for Hindering Canadian Cod Recovery
CBCNews: A huge seal population is preventing cod stocks from rebounding off Nova Scotia, two former directors of science at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography say. The work of Bob O’Boyle and Mike Sinclair backs what fishermen have argued...
RI’s Pawtuxet River Dam Removed
All last week (August 8-12), people stopped to watch the deconstruction of the 150’ Pawtuxet River dam between the Rhode Island towns of Cranston and Warwick. The $600,000 project involves the efforts of the Pawtuxet River Authority, the Narragansett...
Fishing Old Lyme, Connecticut
The waters around Old Lyme offer spectacular fishing in the spring and fall and—if you take the time—through the summer, too. So be sure to bring a rod. Spring kicks off with a shot of winter flounder in April...
Fishing Scarborough, Maine
The Scarborough River/Saco area offers solid saltwater fishing from June through October. Schoolie stripers usually kick off the action in early summer right inside the river (although action in the last few years has been lacking). By June you’ll...
Fishing Niantic, Connecticut
You’ll find good fishing around Niantic if you focus your efforts on the many prominent points and reefs where striped bass, bluefish, fluke, porgies (scup) and blackfish pile up throughout the season. The action kicks off in early May...
Fishing Merrymeeting Bay, Maine
The relatively warm, brackish waters of Merrymeeting Bay, which is fed by several rivers, make for some interesting possibilities on the fishing front. Striped bass can plentiful during the summer months, but so are freshwater species such as smallmouth...
Fishing Castine, Maine
Castine does not rank high on the list of fishing hot spots, although the waters off the mouth of the Bagaduce River can hold stripers (sometimes), mackerel (usually) and (if you’re lucky) bluefish. On the plus side, what the...
Fishing Milford, Connecticut
There’s some great fishing to be had in the waters off Milford, which offers a wide variety of habitat and species. Anglers can fish the open Sound, the quiet marsh creeks and up inside the Housatonic River. The excellent...
Fishing Belfast, Maine
There are really only 2 saltwater species for fishermen to target in this part of Penobscot Bay: mackerel and striped bass, with the latter being considerably unpredictable (especially in the last few years) in terms of numbers. Thankfully, mackerel...
Fishing Clinton, Connecticut
Connecticut doesn’t lack for great fishing ports, yet few places can compete with Clinton when it comes to the variety of available species. Stripers, blues, fluke, scup, false albacore and blackfish are all present in the nearshore waters during...
